πετροσέλινον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πέτρος (pétros, “rock”) +‎ σέλινον (sélinon, “celery”). So called because of being used to treat calculi.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pe.tro.sé.liː.non/ → /pe.troˈse.li.non/ → /pe.troˈse.li.non/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pe.tro.sé.liː.non/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pe.troˈse.li.non/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pe.troˈse.li.non/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pe.troˈse.li.non/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pe.troˈse.li.non/

Noun

πετροσέλῑνον • (petrosélīnon) n (genitive πετροσελίνου); second declension

1. parsley

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ πετροσέλῑνον; τοῦ πετροσελῑ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πετροσέλῑνον tò petrosélīnon	τὼ πετροσελῑ́νω tṑ petroselī́nō	τᾰ̀ πετροσέλῑνᾰ tà petrosélīna
Genitive	τοῦ πετροσελῑ́νου toû petroselī́nou	τοῖν πετροσελῑ́νοιν toîn petroselī́noin	τῶν πετροσελῑ́νων tôn petroselī́nōn
Dative	τῷ πετροσελῑ́νῳ tôi petroselī́nōi	τοῖν πετροσελῑ́νοιν toîn petroselī́noin	τοῖς πετροσελῑ́νοις toîs petroselī́nois
Accusative	τὸ πετροσέλῑνον tò petrosélīnon	τὼ πετροσελῑ́νω tṑ petroselī́nō	τᾰ̀ πετροσέλῑνᾰ tà petrosélīna
Vocative	πετροσέλῑνον petrosélīnon	πετροσελῑ́νω petroselī́nō	πετροσέλῑνᾰ petrosélīna
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: petroselīnum

References

• “πετροσέλινον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πετροσέλινον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “πετροσέλινον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• (no entry for the specified headword) Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
• πετροσέλινον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette